Book · 2010 · Social Science
A Paradise Built in Hell
The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
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What the scientists have actually found in decades of studying human behavior in disaster is that's precisely when people are the most generous and the most compassionate and the most kind to strangers, to the point where there's a fantastic book written by Rebecca Solnit about this called A Paradise Built in Hell.
What they say about it
- Focuses on disaster sociology2
- Writes about it beautifully“writes about this so beautifully”2
The best things said about it
Disasters peeled back the layers of society and revealed the empathy, cooperation, and care at humanity's core.
This is one of my very favorite books. I really do recommend reading A Paradise Built in Hell.
Author Rebecca Solnit wrote this book called A Paradise Built in Hell which is an amazing phrase and it's basically about in these crisis situations rather than things reducing into a Mad Max scenario.
Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups · Apr 2022 I read a book recently a fascinating book called uh Paradise made in Hell uh Rebecca solnet and it's about uh disaster sociology right.
Called Paradise built in hell and it's a it's a studies of the way people react to disasters.
Where and when it comes up
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4 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit is a striking non-fiction book examining disaster sociology that argues communities naturally respond to crises with extraordinary generosity, cooperation, and mutual aid rather than descending into panic or selfishness. Christopher Ryan recommended the book on The Jordan Harbinger Show and previously on The Joe Rogan Experience, praising its account of human compassion during disasters. Charles Eisenstein referenced the book on The Rich Roll Podcast to illustrate how natural disasters bring out human solidarity. Robert Evans recommended the book on Behind the Bastards, describing it as a masterpiece that details how ordinary people responded to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake with cooperation, a view echoed by Jamie Loftus. Additionally, Jason Calacanis brought up Solnit's work while discussing mutual aid and crisis relief efforts for refugees in Ukraine.
Every mention
Robert Evans I didn't I honestly I didn't know that p about this book and I'm a soulnit head. She's great. I have no ide… 3
“In Rebecca's Soulnit's book, A Paradise Built in Hell, she found that disasters peeled back the layers of society and revealed the empathy, cooperation, and care at humanity's core.”
“Instead, the very opposite occurred in her masterpiece, A Paradise Built in Hell. Rebecca Snit tells the story of Miss Anna Amelia Wholehouser, a middle-aged woman whose home wound up in the path of the fire.”
“I didn't I honestly I didn't know that p about this book and I'm a soulnit head. She's great. I have no idea what this book This is one of my very favorite books. I really do recommend reading A Paradise Built in Hell.”
Christopher Ryan And what the scientists have actually found in decades of studying human behavior in disaster is that's pre… 3
“And what the scientists have actually found in decades of studying human behavior in disaster is that's precisely when people are the most generous and the most compassionate and the most kind to strangers, to the point where there's a fantastic book written by Rebecca Solnit about this called A Paradise Built in Hell.”
“I read a book recently a fascinating book called uh Paradise made in Hell uh Rebecca solnet and it's about uh disaster sociology right”
“Called Paradise built in hell and it's a it's a studies of the way people react to disasters”
Charles Eisenstein Rebecca Solnit writes about this so beautifully in her book, "A Paradise Built in Hell." 2
“Rebecca Solnit writes about this so beautifully in her book, "A Paradise Built in Hell."”
“Rebecca Solnit writes about this so beautifully in her book a paradise built in hell”
Jason Calacanis author Rebecca solnit wrote this book called A Paradise built in Hell which is an amazing phrase and it's b… 1
“author Rebecca solnit wrote this book called A Paradise built in Hell which is an amazing phrase and it's basically about in these crisis situations rather than things reducing into a Mad Max scenario”